Mission High School - Mission Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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NIISSION I-lion SCHOOL 14150 IIGXXQ versal distance reception record-having established communication with distant Nep- tune. The rest of the school was devoted to academic subjects--principally Mathematics which played a most important part in this age. Needless to say, it was headed by Martin Euclid Storm, the world's renowned mathematician. The typing class was revolutionized at this time. All one had to do was to speak into a phone and the words were automatically typed. The only language taught was the international language whose chief exponent was Major Santiago Geray. The send-off to Mars was to be a quiet one. But as Georg approached the Mission field he was startled to see some 10,000 Nlissionites there for his send-off. Captain Ed. Pallas, orator, made a plausible farewell speech, after which Robert McWhinney Jr. took those present through the famous Ee Yow, and then Georg with two others entered the Stellar Express and were off. Georg Elsworth was a typical American. His shoulders were broad and his jaw square and set, the kind a psychologist would describe as one with bulldog tenacity. His nose was straight and sharp, his eyes, though a light gray, were piercing and quick to detect. The rather high forehead fading into the slick brown hair gave evidences of the mental capacity behind it. Georgls companion for the flight was Dr. F. Brand, the eminent chemist and scientist also of the famous Mission High School. He was the inventor of the tissue re- storer, the prolonger of human life. lt was thought that for the want of this secret the Martians had declared war. The third character was Dr. Brand's daughter-Winona, who had insisted on going. Her fairness and manners rivaled that of the rarest flower. She was an ex- ception to the twentieth century masculine girl for she retained all her femininity. However, the light in her blue eyes and the twitch of her thin lips betrayed a slight bit of roguishness in her character, which lent the needed pep to make such an at- tractive personality. Well, let's hope our journey will be a successful one, spoke Winona, glancing at Georg shyly. I have the responsibility of all the people of the Earth on my shoulders and the strain will be a great one, answered Georg modestly. The journey was an uneventful one and few words were spoken between them. Georg had kept the throttle three quarters open and the Stellar Express kept well up to 500 miles an hour. At length however they reached the cold country of the North- ern parts of the Red Planet just as Old Sol lent his crimson touch to the broad desolate stretches of Nature's white carpet. Watch your step, Winona. quoted Georg, because this is your first experience on lvlars and the gravity is of much less strength than on earth. Winona however did not heed Georg's warnings and she was sent twelve feet into the air by just exerting force enough to take an average step on our planet. This dif- ficulty was overcome, however, and ten o'clock found them nearing the City of Egad. As they approached its gates they were suddenly surrounded by a group of the hideous Martian warriors. They were about thirteen feet tall. This was due however to the small gravita- tional pull of the planet. The rare Martian atmosphere lent diiliculty to breathing and to hearing, so nature had bestowed on these creatures sensitive noses similar to the ll7l

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THE MISSION M6311 B619 THE WAR OF 1976 War! The greatest destructive agency known to man! It was this word that was flashed to all parts of the universe by that wonderful device called the television. This happened on the evening of june 8, 1976. The Planet Mars Had Declared War on the Planet Earth! All Earth was in a chaotic condition. The three presidents of the Earth. namely, Sling One Hi of the yellows, Omo Congo of the blacks, and Colonel August Schaefer of the whites, met in discussion at San Francisco, Earth's largest city. They all fully realized the stupidity of war, for the Earth at this date was in a state of universal peace and brotherhood, the mark of achievement of such prominent and peace loving figures as Dr. L. Glickman, Mr. Charles Coles, and Hon. Paul Daly. With such invent- tions as Dr. jean Andrus' molecular diffuser, whereby people and even planets could be completely dispersed, or the gravity exterminator, by which gravity could be shut off and all the Earth's inhabitants thrown into abyssmal space, peace had become the price of existence. The session lasted but a few hours. The presidents decided to approach the Mar- tians tactfully through Georg Elswurth, the earth's ambassador to Mars. CAuthor's note: his name was spelled G-e-o-r-g E-l-s-w-u-r-t-h, because Mr. Warren Kava- naugh. World famous English authority, ten years before, at an English convention had so impressed those present of the essentiality of a universal language in which every word should be spelled exactly as pronounced that his idea was unanimously accepted by the peoples of the earthj. Georg Elswurth, Earth's ambassador to Mars, was a worthy product of the famous Mission High School, an institution of no little note at this time. The institution itself covered twelve acres, eighteen stories high with escalators giving access to upper floors. One square block was given over entirely to scientific and inventive laboratories and under the guidance of the eminent men, Dr. F. Brand and Dr. J. Andrus, the sci- entific progress of the world had been greatly accelerated. The second block com- prised the great shops in which all the marvelous inventions of the science depart- ment materialized, and even at this time Mr. Bill Nichols, technician was working on a Stellar Express which was to secretly convey Georg to Mars. The famous sunken gardens had been transformed into a wonderful pool of Hvitalityl' water, around this was a stadium which contained everything the imagination of a modern boy could wish for, most of the devices being electrically operated. Within the stadium to the west of the swimming tank, there was a football field, while a little to the right of this second base held down its mediocre position on the envied baseball field. The R. O. T. C. building was a place of no idle minutes. The subareo division Crecently added, had its landing place on the roof of that building. Back of the building was a light artillery discarded since about 1956 because war had been given over to peace. In the unparalleled rifle range, students under Capt. Caldwell were taught rifle marksmanship simply to train the eye and for the manly competition with the planet Venus, held annually. The phenomenal Mission High Band of 500 pieces practiced daily in this acoustic perfect room for its competition with a picked European Band, conducted by Sousa, Jr. A large space in this building was devoted to the signal corps. There was a huge television apparatus and the radio communicating devices that had established the Uni- i16l

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THE MISSION edit - lm' trunk of an elephant. Their ears also were not unlike an elephantls, being extremely large and flabby. Their bodies were covered with fuzzle feathers due to the cold cli- mate. Their heads were abnormally large and their legs and arms abnormally small, due to the fact that all work was done by their brains. Their arms, from lack of use, had lost their muscular mold. They spoke in monosyllabic language that Georg alone could understand and presently it was made known to the Earth's people that they were under arrest and would be hastened to Oorah for trial by the Martian emperor. Georg's plans were being caried out, and all submitted wilfully to be escorted to the nearest broadcasting station. 'alt will be a new thrill to be broadcasted to Oorah from here, said Winona wist- fully. Yes, if this famous Martian device for broadcasting human beings works suc- cessfully, replied Georg. The molecular transmitter delivered the three earth visitors to Oorah without a mishap. They all donned radium injected clothes, the warm properties of which off- set the cold Martian temperature of l80 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit. They were escorted into the court of the Emperor, a magnificent glass palace which lent an untold colorful beauty to the eye of an observer, due to the reflecting properties ofthe glass. Most of the architecture was strange and weird to the Earth folks and most of the colors were bright Vermillion or a dazzling green. lluge batlike creatures, perhaps pets of the Martians, infested the ceiling of the dome. After being escorted before l.Q., Super Intellect and Emperor of Mars, Georg at once assumed the role of first speaker. Allow me to introduce Professor Brand and his daughter Winona, spoke Georg calmly. He added, lt is needless to say that Professor Brand is the famous inventor of the tissue restorer which, I surmise, is wanted by all Martians. Learning this, the Emperor quickly put the Earth folks at ease, assembled his con- suls and Georg was again introduced as spokesman. You probably realize the stupidity of war and the blessing of eternal brotherhood which now predominates on our Earth, spoke Georg, addressing the Martians in their language. He continued, lf all the time, money, and brains devoted to plane- tary wars were devoted to scientific progress we would be advanced at least 100 years further than usual. For example, on earth we can make from coal tar, perfume or TNT,-which do you prefer? On Earth the golden rule governs our land, now we hope to have the law also govern planets. The grievances between us are but slight. It is your desire, we surmise, to obtain the Earth's invention called the tissue restorer, but to people of your mental capacity it is your method to approach us by war? We are glad to share our inventions with the people of the universe and I take this op- portunity on behalf of Dr. Brand to present to you the Tissue Restoreru as a gift, feeling you have repaid us by eliminating war. I thank you l For a time none of the Martians spoke and it was clearly evident that they were struck silent by the unselfish purport of Georg's speech. Then the Martian Emperor arose. Friends, he began, I implore your pardon for my hasty actions. Allow me to explain the cause of our ignorance. fl8l